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Ghosthawk
Ghosthawk is a guidebook of imagination from grasslands to star fields to the weather of the poet’s body. Where’s home in the crises of ecological collapse and mortal illness? Where’s joy with constant pain, a future blurred by smoke? Carrying these questions, Matt Rader wrote down the names of the wildflowers he met in the mountains, canyons and woodlands of his home in the Okanagan Valley. These poems are what he learned, the directions as he can best describe them.
128 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2021
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March 4, 2022
I didn't think
I could live here.
Neither did you.
The catalpa
with its asterisk
of white bloom
means nothing.
If your right
and the great pleasure
of jealous
is to have
your desire
ratified
by the desire
of another
then so what?
Booklime,
it's blue welts
rising
in the flooded lawn.
The jess
of the falcon
that drew it's hood
of shadow
over us
while we clutched
each other
in the woods.
A new master
An old glove.
Yes, you can hear
moonlight
shatter.
~pg.82 Moonlight
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Thoughts ~
A poetry collection full of awe inspired wonder.
More people need to be reading and talking about this book! It's an incredibly profound and moving collection. Ghosthawk transcends western cultural views, embodying the poets spiritual and metaphysical connections with nature, the land, animals and the world. It's haunting, fragile, and utterly beautiful. Quite possibly one of the most bewitching collections I have ever read!
Thank You @douglasmcintyre2013 for sending me this book opinions are my own
For more of my book content check out instagram.com/bookalong
I could live here.
Neither did you.
The catalpa
with its asterisk
of white bloom
means nothing.
If your right
and the great pleasure
of jealous
is to have
your desire
ratified
by the desire
of another
then so what?
Booklime,
it's blue welts
rising
in the flooded lawn.
The jess
of the falcon
that drew it's hood
of shadow
over us
while we clutched
each other
in the woods.
A new master
An old glove.
Yes, you can hear
moonlight
shatter.
~pg.82 Moonlight
•
🌿
Thoughts ~
A poetry collection full of awe inspired wonder.
More people need to be reading and talking about this book! It's an incredibly profound and moving collection. Ghosthawk transcends western cultural views, embodying the poets spiritual and metaphysical connections with nature, the land, animals and the world. It's haunting, fragile, and utterly beautiful. Quite possibly one of the most bewitching collections I have ever read!
Thank You @douglasmcintyre2013 for sending me this book opinions are my own
For more of my book content check out instagram.com/bookalong
November 10, 2024
A poignant and intriguing read, as all poetry should be. Rader's ability to tie imagery into his emotions, and vice-versa, is expertly done.
February 8, 2022
A gorgeous guidebook that feels like discovering new ways words can be captured. Lush and evocative, delightful and descriptive; Matt Rader walks through moments of questioning and awareness, with nature as a collaborator.
Such beautiful poetry, this is a necessary indulgence.
Such beautiful poetry, this is a necessary indulgence.
April 29, 2022
There were many lovely poems that changed my view on poetry.
April 29, 2022
An amazing book of eco poetry that is a lovely and deep read.
May 2, 2022
Matt's poems have such great imagery and connection to the natural world.
May 2, 2022
A wonderful book full of poems that tie together outside nature and human nature very well.
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